The exercise of severals human right has resulted in the imprisonment of a Chinese pastor.

A prominent pastor in Beijing's underground Protestant church was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for illegally printing and distributing Bibles and other religious books, in a case that has attracted attention from Christian groups in the United States and elsewhere.

The Beijing People's Intermediate Court handed down the sentence immediately after it convicted Cai Zhuohua, 34, of conducting "illegal business practices," said his attorney, Zhang Xingshui. Two co-defendants were also convicted and sentenced to prison, he said.

Why such outrageous conduct by the Chinese government?

"Objectively speaking, religion is a breakthrough point for Western anti-China forces to Westernize and split China," said Ye Xiaowen, director of the State Bureau of Religious Affairs. But he said that did not mean all religious problems should be considered "infiltration," adding "there is no so-called persecution of religious people" in China.

The silence of the Left is deafening. I guess they are too busy wailing and gnashing teeth over Gitmo Islamists to be troubled by the persecution of Christians for engaging in crimes that would generally be recognized as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion in civilized countries.

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